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Read our Privacy notice At least four people have died and hundreds more have been injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in Colombia Horrifying footage has emerged which appears to show the wooden stand lined with spectators give way at the stadium in El Espinal The BBC reports that authorities are fearing that the death toll will rise beyond the current tally of four fatalities The tragic incident occurred during a “corraleja” bullfighting festival, during which members of the public are invited to engage the bulls in the ring. El Tiempo newspaper cites a local councillor as saying that the emergency services and hospitals were not able to handle the number of people injured following the collapse “We need support from ambulances and neighbouring hospitals, many people are still unattended,” Iván Ferney Rojas said. Alongside footage showing a bird’s eye view of the collapse, Colombia’s president elect Gustavo Petro called on local mayors to halt the authorisation of more shows that can lead to the death of people or animals. Radio Nacional de Colombia has cited Major Luis Fernando Vélez, director of the civil defence department, as saying “there is talk of 500 wounded” following the incident. He later told local Caracol television that no one remained trapped in the wreckage and that the several people reported as missing had been found. “The emergency has been overcome at the site of the incident. More or less 70 people were injured,” Velez said. Ambulances were sent from the nearby cities of Ibague and Melgar to help the injured, who have overwhelmed El Espinal’s hospital, Velez said. He said did not know exactly what the stand was constructed with but it appeared to be wooden boards. A statement from the Mayor’s Office of Espinal reads: “We deeply regret what happened in the bullring. “We want to call for calm to the entire community. “Once the emergency became known, the relief agencies acted immediately, achieving the evacuation of the injured for primary care at the San Rafael Hospital in the municipality.” Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies govt and politics","score":0.76131},{"label":"/news","score":0.633249},{"label":"/law killing at least 6 and injuring 200 Cody Weddle EL ESPINAL COLOMBIA – Six people were killed and hundreds of others were injured after part of a stadium collapsed during a bullfight in Colombia The town is located approximately 100 miles southwest of Bogota The cause of the collapse is unknown at this time Officials confirmed that up to six sections of bleachers collapsed at a bullring in the central Colombian town At least six people are dead and 200 injured falling into the ring as people on both sides scrambled to avoid being crushed the stands appear to have fallen over like matchsticks Ivan Ferney is a city councilman in the town and was one block away when the stands collapsed He said in Spanish that he heard a breaking sound of the bamboo and wood and that “When it started to crack Ferney explained that the temporary stands are constructed annually five days before the event He said this is something that has never happened and the stands are always inspected before people go in President Ivan Duque promised a full investigation who has been vocal in his opposition to bullfighting encouraged mayors to prohibit future events Copyright 2022 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Closed Captioning / Audio Description Contact Us Careers at WPLG Terms of Use Privacy Policy Public File FCC Applications EEO Report Do Not Sell My Info 1.0 Host Exhibit Copyright © 2025 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Get quality reporting directly into your inbox Before his June sentencing for helping Russia spy on the United States Héctor Cabrera-Fuentes pleaded for leniency His lawyers argued that he was a world-renowned researcher on cardiovascular disease and a role model for his charitable work in the impoverished Mexican state of Oaxaca Cabrera-Fuentes’ journey began from humble origins in the small town of El Espinal where many people still speak the indigenous Zapotec language and wear traditional brightly flowered clothing He rose to become an internationally prominent doctor before becoming entangled in the espionage scandal The high school in El Espinal that Cabrera-Fuentes attended Reporters from OCCRP and the Miami Herald have also discovered that this improbable saga included stops at Mexico’s National Palace the official workplace of President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador Cabrera-Fuentes met numerous times with officials involved in Lopez Obrador’s lofty ambition to build a railway across southeastern Mexico known as the Trans-Isthmus Corridor which could upend some global shipping routes and challenge the Panama Canal Cabrera-Fuentes had been living in Singapore and the Mexican government hoped to enlist him to attract investment from the Asian financial power who said he attended meetings between senior government officials and the scientist-turned-spy He was arrested on a Sunday,” Matus told OCCRP It is unclear how the government of Lopez Obrador connected with Cabrera-Fuentes or exactly what role he was playing in the development of the rail project the Trans-Isthmus Corridor is widely seen as a bid by the populist president to attract Asian investment The office of the president did not respond to requests for comment on Cabrera-Fuentes’s relationship with the Mexican government The extent of the scientist’s political connections in Mexico has not previously been reported but much ink has been spilled since his arrest in 2020 especially as details filtered out about allegations of espionage and his secret other family in Russia For those in Mexico who respected his scientific achievements and knew of his charitable work helping reconstruct earthquake-damaged areas and funding study abroad it’s hard to accept the accusations against him “It’s a vile lie,” insisted Román Cruz Ortiz a chemical engineer who became Cabrera-Fuentes’s mentor after meeting him when he was a 16-year-old high-school student interested in science Cabrera-Fuentes pleaded guilty in February and was sentenced to four years in a U.S prison for working as an unregistered foreign agent helping Russia spy on an informant in Miami from March 2019 to February 2020 That informant had shared information about Russian intelligence services with the U.S These few details were outlined in an FBI affidavit in support of the criminal complaint in February 2020 told FBI counterintelligence officers that he had two wives and two sets of young children The FBI described Cabrera-Fuentes as a “co-optee,” used by a Russian intelligence officer to provide “a layer of obfuscation” between himself and the target Cabrera-Fuentes is now serving his sentence in South Florida but could be released within a year on good behavior He has not spoken to the media since his arrest “I think the four-year sentence reflects that the court acknowledged itself that the humanitarian and scientific contributions were on a societal level very Cabrera-Fuentes’ legacy remains strong in his hometown of El Espinal where people still remember his good works and admire the intellectual prowess that saw him publish more than 100 academic papers he was conducting research on heart disease funded by a joint grant from Duke University in North Carolina and the National University of Singapore But most of Cabrera-Fuentes’ political allies have now abandoned him Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat once showered Cabrera-Fuentes with praise when the scientist headed a team that developed a new cream to treat ulcers Murat even provided a helicopter to transport scientists to a meeting in El Espinal But El Espinal Mayor Matus said Murat refused to intercede with federal authorities on behalf of Cabrera-Fuentes once he had been arrested to appeal to Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to weigh in on Cabrera-Fuentes’ case But when he showed up for his appointment and told staff he was there to speak about Cabrera-Fuentes the meeting was canceled and he was told: “It is a delicate issue Cabrera-Fuentes has even vanished from the website of the Technological Institute of Monterrey where he was coordinator for the Center of Biotechnology But some friends and colleagues dismiss the spying accusations entirely The Americans wanted to silence Cabrera-Fuentes because they considered him “a threat” due to his scientific achievements especially his work on cell regeneration in heart attack victims "Let's say that they saw him as a danger just as has happened with many characters in history who have contributed a lot to science,” he said in an interview at a rustic restaurant in nearby Ixtaltepec I know his intellectual and professional capacity I don't believe and I will never believe what they accuse him of,” Cruz added Cruz recalled how the knowledge-hungry high school student had approached him for help learning more than his teachers could offer "He came to ask for support to learn about chemistry," he recalled between sips of mineral water he helped Cabrera-Fuentes study every Saturday from 4:30 am until 8 am The tutoring led to a lifelong interest in molecular biology and Cabrera-Fuentes went on to study at Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca where he won a scholarship to study medicine in Russia It was in Russia that Cabrera-Fuentes met Aliya Valeyeva They married sometime between 2005 and 2010 in the eastern city of Kazan and photos show the couple in ceremonial garb of the Tartars Valeyeva was with Cabrera-Fuentes when he studied for his PhD in the German city of Giesen She went to Russia with their children for a visit and was prohibited from returning to Germany This was how Russian intelligence was able to blackmail him into spying Cabrera-Fuentes’ cell phone showed that there had been interaction between him and a Russian handler The handler promised to help Cabrera-Fuentes get his wife and their daughters out of Russia and went to Miami on a business visa to gather information on the target of the Russian espionage a person who had previously passed intelligence to the U.S The charging documents said the Russian handler instructed Cabrera-Fuentes to rent a condo in the complex where the target lived He was given $20,000 for rent and a down payment toward the costs The couple worked together to surveill the target and photographs of the target’s license plates were found on Dehesa’s phone according to the indictment against Cabrera-Fuentes Dehesa has not spoken since her husband’s arrest and records show she was allowed to return to Mexico without facing U.S The FBI has declined to provide details about what role she might have played in the espionage Cabrera-Fuentes’ Russian wife did not respond to requests for comment sent via LinkedIn and the Russian social media site VK.com Cabrera-Fuentes’ parents and siblings sent letters of support attesting to his good character and asking for leniency But they told OCCRP they did not want to discuss the case any further “We are not open to making any comments considering that at this point the first person who should do so is Héctor himself before the rest of the family,” his sister said in an email To Cabrera-Fuentes’ friends and other members of his family his entanglement in an international espionage case is at odds with everything they know about the brainy child who followed his passion for science into adulthood Cabrera-Fuentes was raised in a red-gated house that shared a patio with relatives on his mother's side who is now the director of the non-profit group For Oaxaca + Researchers which was founded by Cabrera-Fuentes and promotes young scientists in El Espinal and across the state Fuentes said his cousin was particularly inspired as a child by a book about pioneering scientists who discovered microbes and invented vaccines to combat them that at age 11 he read 'Microbe Hunters' and it blew his mind," Fuentes said in an interview on his patio in El Espinal taking shade from the scorching mid-day sun said his friend could only have been drawn into espionage against his will Diana Manzo (Aristegui Noticias) contributed reporting Karina Shedrofsky (OCCRP) and Tom Stocks (OCCRP) contributed research Support from readers like you helps OCCRP expose organized crime and corruption around the world you’ll be directly supporting investigative journalism as a public good You’ll also gain access to exclusive insights and benefits An internationally recognized Mexican scientist who pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for the Russian.. a billionaire businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin Initially a driving force behind the process Russia is becoming a less prominent voice in negotiations over a prospective.. On the initiative of the National Coordinator of Solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban Embassy in Panama headed by Víctor Cairo; together with the representative of the town the evening gala became a genuine display of love and connection between both nations Children and adults fused in a warm exchange of traditional music the already strong bonds of brotherhood that exist between both nations Young members of the Gabriel Villarreal Music Academy showed their talent with interpretations based on native instruments such as La Mejorana (a type of five-string guitar) and violins Ambassador Cairo praised El Espinal as a cradle of artists and the way in which traditions and values are transmitted from generation to generation while specifying that the greatest wealth of a country is in its culture the delegates to the event paid tribute to National Hero José Martí by unveiling a new bust in his memory at the Regional University Center (CRU) in Azuero province Cairo highlighted the legacy of the most universal of Cubans and the main architect of the peoples’ unity to fight their independence struggles and face the most complex challenges The diplomat stressed the honor of starting the activities of the 25th Meeting from a higher education institution that is a benchmark for academic cooperation head of the solidarity chapter in the Azuero Peninsula and head of the organizing committee the event at the Damasco retreat house in the city of Chitré is attended by members of fraternal groups in other territories such as Coclé Darién and the Ngäbe Bugle and Guna Yala regions peasant and women’s groups are accompanying these groups The agenda consists of a special lecture by Ambassador Cairo on the situation in Cuba and the region The 25th Meeting will issue a Final Declaration and various resolutions including those on the need to exclude Cuba from Washington’s unilateral list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism Other opinions will be related to the demand to end the economic commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States The grand meeting is expected to conclude on Saturday with a caravan against the US blockade which will travel along the main avenues of the central city of Chitré | Text SMS to 8100 with content PLReceive 4 mesages x 25 cup © 2016-2021 Prensa Latina Latin American News Agency Radio – Publications  – Videos – News by the minute.All Rigts Reserved Web Site developed by IT Division  Prensa Latina Wind Energy Development in Oaxaca and Eólica del Sur Renewable energy is essential for reaching climate change mitigation goals and sustainable development (Allen wind energy serves as the country’s main tool for reaching its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement (Elzen et al. the state Oaxaca has some of the world’s best wind energy conditions and has thus experienced large-scale wind energy development (Mejía-Montero an integrated approach that acknowledges local-specific contexts is lacking (Guimarães This paper will analyze the largest wind farm project in Oaxaca and with the help of the core principles of environmental justice and political ecology and potential improvements of Eólica del Sur Eólica del Sur is the largest wind farm in Latin America consisting of 132 wind turbines with the capacity to generate 396 megawatts of renewable energy (Zárate-Toledoa and the project planners of Eólica del Sur (2014) describe the wind farm as a climate change mitigation initiative that simultaneously helps reduce poverty in Oaxaca through investments and job creation (Gobierno de Oaxaca The initial phase of Eólica del Sur took place in 2004 planning to construct 132 wind turbines crossing two municipalities in Oaxaca uncertainty over landownership claims and land leasing agreements for the wind farm led the two municipalities into conflict with each other and the company in charge of Eólica del Sur (Rueda Eólica del Sur was moved to another municipality in Oaxaca where the company in charge of Eólica del Sur paid high sums of money to certain community leaders while not informing large parts of the local population about the project (Dunlap Local community members in the new location confronted the company and the mayor in charge of the project (Mejía The opposition to the wind farm succeeded in stopping the project and in 2013 the wind farm was suspended through legal action (Dunlap The construction of Eólica del Sur was relocated to two other municipalities in Oaxaca A new energy reform was passed in Mexico during relocation demanding that energy sector projects conduct a free and informed consent (FPIC) procedure within all indigenous areas (Huesca-Pérez Due to the large indigenous populations in Juchitán and El Espinal an FPIC procedure occurred between 2014 and 2015 In 2015 the project was finally approved and construction began in 2017 (Zárate-Toledoa indigenous communities in Juchitán and El Espinal filed a lawsuit against Eólica del Sur on claims of an inadequate FPIC procedure (Chaca ruled that the FPIC had been done correctly and that Eólica del Sur should proceed (Espino the Eólica del Sur wind farm was inaugurated portrayed as a climate change mitigation initiative that reduces poverty in Oaxaca (Gobierno de Oaxaca protests and disapproval of the project from indigenous community members continue (Matías 2019) According to two of Mexico’s largest newspapers and the Governor of Oaxaca the project’s outcome has been successful All three sources claim that Eólica del Sur will help Mexico reach their NDCs by avoiding 567,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year Eólica del Sur will reduce poverty by creating 2,500 jobs while encouraging more regional investments Oaxaca’s Governor emphasizes that Eólica del Sur is the first energy project in the region that has gone through a successful FPIC procedure (Zavala past wind energy projects in Oaxaca have primarily benefitted the Government and private companies at indigenous communities’ expense (Howe & Boyer Opposition against Eólica del Sur from indigenous communities in Juchitán and El Espinal thus indicate that the project follows past wind farm trajectories in the region by creating local struggles leading to opposition (Matías Due to the opposition against Eólica del Sur the remainder of this section will analyze the projects outcome critically with a focus on the local contexts in Juchitán and El Espinal with help of the three pillars of environmental justice (Walker entails equally distributed burdens and benefits concerning energy production and consumption (Setyowati Oaxaca is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and although wind energy is a tool for climate change mitigation wind farms can adversely impact local biodiversity (Feria Eólica del Sur (2014) conducted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to mitigate any adverse environmental impact of Eólica del Sur the EIA failed to account for several local-specific factors The indigenous population’s livelihoods in Juchitán and El Espinal depend on the local environment and biodiversity to sustain their livelihoods through fishing Through noise pollution that scares away fish and less land for agriculture Eólica del Sur has adversely impacted local indigenous communities’ livelihoods in the two municipalities (Nardi & Ramirez many residents have not experienced any employment opportunities from Eólica del Sur while experiencing income losses due to less forests Eólica del Sur has created benefits for individual landowners who lease their lands in exchange for monetary payments (Contreras The Government benefits from less emissions due to cleaner energy while creating further investments in the region (Gobierno de Oaxaca the multinational companies in charge of the project will reap a high rate of return on their investments (Ramirez the outcomes of Eólica del Sur have led to unequally distributed burdens since the indigenous communities’ livelihoods are severely undermined in Juchitán and El Espinal while stakeholders on a local and international level have benefitted from the project To capture the full nature of the outcomes of Eólica del Sur which are intertwined with distributional justice Procedural justice concerns that all stakeholders participate equally and meaningfully in all energy decisions while recognition justice focus on how energy decisions impact people’s histories and distinct identities (Setyowati The landownership in Juchitán and El Espinal is complex individuals have their own land plots for agriculture while an indigenous assembly must approve decisions concerning broader land-use changes in the community (Huesca-Pérez et al. According to Eólica del Sur (2014) and the Mexican Government (2015) the FPIC procedure accounted for the local indigenous people’s views when planning the project a document with 1167 signatures from Indigenous people’s in Juchitán claims that the FPIC procedure occurred after the land for the wind energy project had already been secured (CER Eólica del Sur circumvented the indigenous landownership governance structures by establishing leasing agreements with individual landowners directly and by having inadequate FPIC procedures that did not allow active participation of all indigenous peoples (Contreras By not recognizing the indigenous collective governance structures in Juchitán and El Espinal while not allowing full participation of indigenous communities Eólica del Sur has violated the right of recognition and procedural justice Mexico’s ambition to reach their NDCs by avoiding 567,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year while reducing poverty in Oaxaca through the Eólica del Sur project has led to unintended outcomes By not adhering to the three pillars of environmental justice the outcomes of Eólica del Sur have hence led to social conflict and opposition against the project amongst the indigenous community members (Huesca-Pérez et al. this paper has explained how the outcome of Eólica del Sur has adversely impacted the local indigenous communities in Juchitán and El Espinal while benefitting local landowners and the multinational companies (MNCs) in charge of Eólica del Sur with the help of the three pillars of environmental justice This section will draw on political ecology and explain why these outcomes occurred for a project intending to achieve environmental and social sustainability Robbins (2011: 202) claims that “development and environmental management initiatives tend to be based on assumptions” on what the people subject to the initiative needs Sixty-seven percent of Oaxaca’s population lives in poverty while half of the population lives in isolated rural areas (Huesca-Pérez et al. the wind farm would help Oaxaca’s poverty issues by creating more jobs especially for people in rural areas far away from other job opportunities sixteen percent of the indigenous population in Juchitán and El Espinal does not speak Spanish and twenty-five percent are illiterate (Huesca-Pérez et al. Although Eólica del Sur created 2,500 jobs most jobs require skilled labour (El Economist Eólica del Sur and Government officials hence assumed that the project would benefit the poorest population by creating jobs without accounting for the widespread lack of Spanish and illiteracy in Juchitán and El Espinal (Friede including local environmental and socio-economic knowledge is crucial for creating environmentally and socially sustainable outcomes in environmental projects (Robbins The indigenous peoples in Juchitán and El Espinal expressed that Eólica del Sur would create environmental problems from the beginning of the project and not create any socio-economic benefits for most of the population (Jung Even though local indigenous knowledge is recognized as important in environmental projects the knowledge is hard to account for due to the scales and disturbances modern projects exerts on nature (Tsosie “while local knowledge is increasingly on the agenda the difference between formal and informal knowledge systems remains a source of conflict.” Instead scientists and ‘experts’ often gain the dominant influence during decision-making processes The “separation from local knowledge and practice” undermines both equity and ecological sustainability (Robbins Lack of accounting for local environmental and socio-economic knowledge in Juchitán and El Espinal hence led to environmental degradation undermining indigenous peoples livelihoods due to favouring scientists’ advice that conducted the EIA (Tapia et al. The lack of employment for many locals can be explained by a lack of knowledge about the local-specific context and assumptions from ‘experts’ about the local population in Juchitán and El Espinal’s needs (Friede A further factor that led to the indigenous communities’ adverse outcomes in Juchitán and El Espinal was the approval of individual land leasing agreements of collectively owned lands (Contreras The impact of this led to the privatization of collectively- owned land disregarding the indigenous governance structures (Huesca-Pérez et al. The privatization and appropriation of collectively-owned land were justified through a narrative of climate change mitigation and poverty reduction which was the promised outcome of Eólica del Sur also known as ‘green grabbing’ (SEGOB Green grabbing “[involves] the restructuring of rules and authority in the access use and management” of land and resources in the name of an environmental good (Fairhead The narrative of climate change mitigation through wind farm deployment on an international and national level can explain the process of green grabbing and hence the lack of procedural and recognition justice in Juchitán and El Espinal Green grabbing through privatization is often justified through legislations (Fairhead while understanding ‘the complexity of property rights over natural goods and systems especially in traditional societies’ is essential to understand socioeconomic and environmental changes (Robbins Oaxaca has an indigenous population of sixty percent with complex landownership rights (Mejía-Montero et al. A decree in 1964 acknowledges the communal pre-colonial indigenous governance structure of the land recognized by the Mexican constitution (Magaloni et al. individual landowners can engage in land transactions while a revision of the Mexican constitution in 1992 allows the privatization of communal property (Contreras the conflicting landownership claims remain unsure and “even government agencies report conflicting data on landholding patterns” in Oaxaca many essential individuals and groups are often ignored by decision-makers and planners in development and environmental initiatives which is especially prevalent for indigenous people regarding environmental management decisions (Robbins The political marginalization of indigenous peoples in Juchitán and El Espinal hence led them to be ignored by decision-makers and planners of Eólica del Sur (CER This allowed the individual landowners’ leasing agreements to be favoured over the collective indigenous governance system green grabbing often involves international the narrative of Eólica del Sur as a climate change mitigation initiative and the call from the United Nations (2012) to create policies and business models that remove any barriers to large-scale renewable energy deployment encourage favouring the individual land ownership claims over the collective indigenous governance system in Oaxaca the Mexican Constitution’s change in 1992 made it possible to privatize indigenous communal lands a common method to justify green grabbing (Dunlap The complexity over landownership claims in Oaxaca led Eólica del Sur to circumvent the indigenous land governance structures and negotiate leasing agreements with individual landowners and undermine the FPIC procedure (Huesca-Pérez et al. The ability to privatize indigenous lands allowed Mexican courts to favour individual landownership rights while the international calls to remove any barriers to renewable energy internationally further justified the decision (Dunlap The ability to sign leasing agreements of land in Juchitán and El Espinal with individual landowners and circumvent the collective governance system has hence been made possible due to the privatization of communal land and the narrative of doing whatever it takes to deploy renewable energy following the typical narrative of green grabbing (Fairhead The narrative of climate change mitigation and poverty reduction thus created poor recognition and procedural justice for the indigenous communities in Juchitán and El Espinal by justifying the privatization and appropriation of indigenous communal land by Eólica del Sur The main issues with Eólica del Sur can be identified as a lack of accounting for local indigenous knowledge privatization and appropriation of communal land and lack of transparent consultation of the indigenous peoples in Juchitán and El Espinal These four issues must be addressed to improve the project including local indigenous knowledge is crucial for environmentally and socially sustainable outcomes of the wind farm project further supported by the literature (Robbins Local indigenous knowledge about the environment and socio-economic conditions should thus be included in Eólica del Sur One way of including indigenous knowledge in renewable energy projects is the Bolivian approach ‘dialogue between knowledges’ The approach aims to embrace modern technology and combine it with local indigenous knowledge to create a “non-invasive way to achieve new solutions,” (Panosera The impact of this would allow for local indigenous environmental knowledge to be incorporated in the decision-making process and limit the loss of livelihoods for people in the region through better environmental outcomes (Pansera Since Eólica del Sur has not created any benefits for the local indigenous communities the project should consider taking a more communal approach to wind energy deployment (Ramirez Juchitán and El Espinal acknowledge both communal and individual land legally (Villagómez Eólica del Sur should honour such landownership complexity and seek to implement more communitarian wind farms Such wind farm projects could foster collective capabilities include local indigenous knowledge more easily and allow the indigenous community members to take part in the profits (Contreras Such measures have significantly benefitted indigenous communities in other parts of the world by honouring indigenous governance structures and livelihood support (Krupa Since 1,167 indigenous peoples in Juchitán claim that the FPIC procedure was inadequate they should receive real consultation and active participation Achieving this would require the inclusion of social dimensions of transitioning to renewable energy such as local community members’ needs and interests and allowing the indigenous peoples to become real partners in the project (Villavicencio & Mauger this would allow the local indigenous knowledge to be implemented further in the project and hence create better outcomes for Eólica del Sur (Coates Prioritising SDG targets: assessing baselines Anaya, J. 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(2012). Sustainable Energy For All: A Global Action Agenda, The Secretary-General’s High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All, Available at https://www.seforall.org/system/files/gather-content/SEFA-Action-Agenda-Final.pdf SCJN falla a favor de los indígenas de Juchitán y en contra de parque eólico español and Agrarian Organization in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec The Future Role of the Ejido in Rural Mexico The UN’s new sustainable development agenda and renewable energy: the challenge to reach SDG7 while achieving energy justice Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law Beyond Distribution and Proximity: Exploring the Multiple Spatialities of Environmental Justice The Problem of Scale in Indigenous Knowledge: a Perspective from Northern Australia En Oaxaca se produce el 62% de la energía eólica generada en el país Copyright © — E-International Relations At least four people are dead and hundreds more have been injured following a stadium collapse in Colombia on Sunday The disaster took place in a stadium in the city of El Espinal in Tolima state during a traditional event called “corraleja” in which members of the public enter the ring to engage the bulls Footage tweeted out by president-elect Gustavo Petro shows the wooden stands filled with spectators suddenly collapsing trapping an unknown number under the rubble “I hope that all the people affected by the collapse of the plaza in El Espinal will be able to recover from their injuries,” reads the tweet noting a similar incident occurred in the northern Colombian city of Sincelejo “I ask the mayor’s offices not to authorize any more spectacles with the death of people or animals.” Espero que todas las personas afectadas por el derrumbe de la plaza de El Espinal puedan salir airosas de sus heridas Le solicito a las alcaldías no autorizar más espectáculos con la muerte de personas o animales. pic.twitter.com/dMAq6uqlKX — Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) June 26, 2022 Terrifying video emerging from Colombia tonight where a grandstand collapsed during a bullfight in El Espinal, with local reports of several deaths and possibly hundreds injured (from WRadioColombia) pic.twitter.com/Whn8Fz7ugn — Manuel Bojorquez (@BojorquezCBS) June 26, 2022 The governor of the state of Tolima is quoted as saying two women a man and a minor were killed while Tolima health secretary Martha Palacios said that 322 people had gone to local public and private hospitals She added that the minor who had died was an 18-month-old baby and that another four people were in intensive care Mayor Juan Carlos Tamayo said 800 spectators were seated in the sections that collapsed Jose Ricardo Orozco told local media he had asked for the traditional “corralejas” to be suspended in Tolima earlier Sunday but this one was held anyway It’s unclear at this point what led to the collapse Current President Ivan Duque on Twitter announced an investigation into the collapse Files from The Associated Press were used in this report A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices Turkey’s state-run aid agency has inaugurated a brand-new free health care center in Mexico the only center serving some 15,000 residents in an area hit hard by a 2017 earthquake The Turkish Coordination and Cooperation Agency (TIKA) this weekend opened the 1,750-square- meter (18,837 square foot) wellness center in El Espinal in Oaxaca The center will provide first-class health service to 300 people per day Housing for doctors working at the center is also provided The center’s opening ceremony was attended by Turkish Ambassador to Mexico Tahsin Timur Soylemez Oaxaca State Governor Alejandro Ismael Murat Hinojosa Hinojosa expressed his thanks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "This town went through one of history's greatest catastrophes but Turkey came to our aid from far away," he said Cetin said the world’s problems can only be solved if the burden is shared "This healthcare center is a part of Turkey," said Toledo "We will hold commemorative and celebratory events to mark Turkish national holidays and special occasions at this center," he added The center is the only health center serving 15,000 people La consulta fue manipulada por las autoridades Tendrá un costo de 14 mil 454 millones de pesos y una capacidad de 396 megavatios La Secretaría de Energía (Sener) informó que la comunidad indígena zapoteca de Juchitán de Zaragoza otorgó su consentimiento para la construcción y operación del proyecto de generación de energía eólica que tendrá un costo estimado de 14 mil 454 millones de pesos una capacidad total de 396 megavatios y una producción estimada de mil 310 GWh Se trata de una coinversión australiana y japonesa En 2011 obtuvo un préstamo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para la construcción del parque eólico La Venta La Sener señaló que con la aprobación de la comunidad que durante ocho meses realizó junto con los gobiernos estatal y municipal así como con más de 10 dependencias de los tres órdenes de gobierno integrantes del comité técnico asesor La dependencia insistió en que el proyecto cuenta con el consentimiento libre e informado de la comunidad indígena zapoteca de El Espinal por lo cual la construcción del nuevo proyecto se iniciará en breve El parque consiste en 132 aerogeneradores para lograr una capacidad total de 396 megavatios y una producción estimada en mil 310 GWh Tendrá un costo estimado de 14 mil 454 millones de pesos lo cual representa una de las inversiones de la industria eólica en el estado más importantes en los últimos años Los procedimientos de consulta previa a las dos comunidades indígenas que podían ser afectadas en sus derechos e intereses colectivos fueron realizados por la Sener de conformidad con el Convenio 169 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) el artículo primero de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el artículo 119 de la la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica Detalló que en la última fase de la consulta participaron más de mil 300 representantes de la comunidad indígena quienes manifestaron su acuerdo con los beneficios asociados al proyecto y otorgaron su consentimiento libre e informado Entre los supuestos beneficios destaca la puesta en marcha de una estrategia de sustentabilidad energética en apoyo de la comunidad que promueva el uso de energías limpias y la eficiencia energética compromisos y obligaciones adquiridos por la empresa como el cumplimiento de sus obligaciones fiscales de todas las medidas de mitigación que salvaguarden el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales; la creación de un fideicomiso que destinará recursos para la reducción de la factura eléctrica doméstica de los usuarios de la tarifa 1C habitantes del municipio de Juchitán de Zaragoza El gobierno federal destinará fondos para un proyecto de eficiencia energética en los servicios municipales y para la adquisición de un aerogenerador con tecnología mexicana operado por el Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas que destine la energía generada al consumo de los usuarios residenciales de la tarifa 1C del municipio mientras el gobierno estatal adquirirá un segundo aerogenerador con el propósito de determinar las bases de un parque eólico municipal que pudiera crecer en el largo plazo en beneficio de la comunidad indígena Las asambleas Popular del Pueblo Juchiteco (APPJ) y de los Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio (Apiidtt) sostuvieron que la asamblea en que se aprobó el proyecto de Eólica del Sur fue una farsa y viola el amparo que interpusieron en abril del año pasado contra el megaproyecto comentó que la consulta fue manipulada por las autoridades estatales y las secretarías de Energía (Sener) y de Gobernación A la asamblea llegaron integrantes de los sindicatos que agredieron en la ciudad de Oaxaca al pintor Francisco Toledo Antes de la reunión varios ejidatarios que se oponen al proyecto fueron amenazados vía telefónica y en la asamblea un grupo de sicarios los fue señalando Sostenemos que los resultados de la consulta no son reales la Sener informó que Eólica del Sur podrá iniciar la construcción de 132 aerogeneradores pues obtuvo la autorización de comunidades zapotecas de Juchitán de Zaragoza y El Espinar Los 396 megavatios que se producirán en el megaparque serán enviados a Femsa y Heineken Sánchez Martínez comentó que la APPJ y la Apiidtt comenzarán una consulta popular indígena en las comunidades zapotecas de Santa María Xadani El Espinal y en el pueblo ikjoot Santa María del Mar La comunidad agraria de Juchitán tiene 8 mil hectáreas que defenderá de las eólicas El 24 de abril del año pasado los opositores al megaproyecto presentaron una demanda de amparo ante el juzgado séptimo de Salina Cruz por violaciones a los derechos humanos y al proceso de consulta pública porque no se respetó el artículo segundo de la Constitución ni el convenio 169 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) Sánchez Martínez comentó que el arribo de las empresas eólicas ha representado el aumento de las violaciones a los derechos humanos agresiones y amenazas en contra de los luchadores sociales y de los ejidatarios que exigen respeto a sus derechos de los cuales 21 se localizan en el Istmo de Tehuantepec con mil 186 aerogeneradores de 78 metros de altura cada uno 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